The new edition of “A life in sport. The faces and achievements of 100 female experts” was inaugurated on Wednesday 4 February at Porta Borsari, Verona. The exhibition is a creation of the Bracco Foundation working in partnership with the Municipality of Verona and with the patronage of Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation.
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On the occasion of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan Cortina 2026, a press conference was held at noon on Wednesday 28 January 2026 at Palazzo Visconti in Milan for the presentation of an innovative research project and a photographic exhibition with the support of the Bracco Foundation in partnership with Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, the International Olympic Committee and the City of Verona.
On Wednesday 10 December 2025, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano is hosting a training course for journalists that is open to the public titled “L’altra metà della speranza. Il ruolo della donna nella Chiesa [The other half of hope. The role of women in the Church]. The event will explore the theme of female leadership in faith communities and reflect on future perspectives for the presence of women in religious institutions.
The new 2024 Social Report by Fondazione Bracco is now available online. This document transparently presents the Foundation’s values, results, and the social impact of its initiatives throughout the year.
The photographic exhibition, conceived and created by the Bracco Foundation, highlights female excellence in sport. On show until 2 June 2025, this intriguing visual journey takes place at the Mind Innovation District in Milan.
On Sunday, 6 April 2025, World Sport Day, the streets of Milan city filled with participants in the Milano Relay Marathon, a major event combining sport with solidarity. The Bracco Foundation’s contribution to the day was to call attention to the crucial issue of support for young women keen to study STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
In view of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina and coinciding with the month dedicated to women’s rights, on Wednesday 19 February at Palazzo Marino in Milan, the Bracco Foundation, in partnership with the Municipality of Milan, Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and the International Olympic Committee, presented the results of the first national-level study of the media coverage of the Paris 2024 Games from a gender perspective, which was accompanied by a photographic exhibition featuring women champions and experts from the world of sports.
Ahead of National Week for STEM disciplines, the exhibit “Life as a scientist” was presented at the Chamber of Deputies, during a conference dedicated to “professions of the future”, hosting leading institutional and scientific figures. The photographic exhibition illuminates the faces and careers of some of Italy’s greatest female scientists.
In connection with the project #100esperte centred on women experts across a range of fields, the Order of Journalists of Lombardy, ISPI and the Bracco Foundation are organizing a seminar for journalists on the US presidential election that is also open to members of the public.
On Wednesday 3 July 2024, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (“Cattolica”University) hosts “Towards the Equality Olympics”, a symposium dedicated to the theme of equal opportunities in sports journalism, which is highly topical in view of the imminent Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in which, for the first time, an equal number of male and female athletes will participate: 5,250.